[1] His areas of expertise included intellectual property, gene patenting, digital copyright, electronic commerce and computer trespass.

[13] Another notable article, “The Trouble With Trespass” (2000),[14] influenced courts considering legal claims regarding “trespass to computers,” while Burk's analysis of the issue was adopted in the landmark opinion of the California Supreme Court in Intel Corp. v.

[21] His 2009 book with Lemley, The Patent Crisis and How the Courts Can Solve It, has been "highly recommended" by Choice,[22] the publishing branch of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), and has received positive reviews in the Journal of High Technology Law[23] and the Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law.

[24] Burk also testified before Congress regarding this latter work during hearings on the America Invents Act.

[33] Burk's most recent book with Mark A. Lemley, The Patent Crisis and How the Courts Can Solve It, was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2009.